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18VAC85-20-141. Licensure by endorsement.
To be licensed by endorsement, an applicant shall:
1. Hold at least one current, unrestricted license in a United States jurisdiction or Canada for the five years immediately preceding application to the board;
2. Have been engaged in active practice, defined as an average of 20 hours per week or 640 hours per year, for five years after postgraduate training and immediately preceding application;
3. Verify that all licenses held in another United States
jurisdiction or in Canada are in good standing, defined as [ not
currently under investigation and current and unrestricted or, ]
if lapsed, eligible for renewal or reinstatement;
4. Hold current certification by one of the following:
a. American Board of Medical Specialties;
b. Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
c. American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery;
d. Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of Canada;
e. Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada; or
f. College of Family Physicians of Canada;
5. Submit a current report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank; and
6. Have no grounds for denial based on provisions of ยง 54.1-2915 of the Code of Virginia or regulations of the board.